The women's suffrage movement in the United States was a pivotal force in the fight for women's rights, culminating in the 19th Amendment in 1920. Key figures like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony led the charge, starting with the Seneca Falls Convention. The movement overcame legal challenges and gained state-level victories before achieving national success with the ratification of the amendment, which granted women the right to vote and affirmed their equal citizenship.
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The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement in the United States
National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)
The NWSA, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, advocated for women's suffrage through legal challenges and public speaking
American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA)
The AWSA, led by Lucy Stone, focused on state-level legislation to secure voting rights for women
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
The NAWSA, formed in 1890, united the efforts of the NWSA and AWSA to advocate for women's suffrage
Suffragists faced legal challenges, such as the Supreme Court's decision in Minor v. Happersett, and pursued a dual strategy of advocating for a constitutional amendment and securing state-level voting rights
Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869, setting a precedent for other states and territories
States like Utah, Colorado, and Idaho followed Wyoming's lead in granting women voting rights in the 1890s, with other states joining in the early 20th century
The NWP, founded in 1916 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, adopted more confrontational tactics to push for a federal suffrage amendment
The NWP organized the Silent Sentinels, a group of women who picketed the White House in 1917 to demand voting rights, resulting in arrests and imprisonment
While the NWP used more radical tactics, NAWSA, under the leadership of Carrie Chapman Catt, continued to lobby for the amendment through traditional means
The Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, was passed by Congress in 1919 and ratified in 1920
The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment was a monumental victory for the women's suffrage movement, expanding democracy in the United States and affirming women's equal citizenship under the law
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Key document from Seneca Falls Convention
Declaration of Sentiments, proposed women's suffrage in 1848.
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Amendment granting U.S. women's suffrage
19th Amendment, ratified in 1920.
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Primary methods used by suffragists
Advocacy, public speaking, legal challenges.
